Carboy Question

[dirkdover]

Can I use my carboy as a primary if I'm not planning on moving to a secondary?

 

[mux11]

That's what I'm doing. But I am a first time brewing noob.

 

[pod_021]

It really depends on the size of your carboy and the amount of your batch. But generally i wouldn't

 

[Kaz]

What size is you carboy? If it is the carboy that came in a kit with a fermentation bucket and a bottling bucket, then it is probably 5 gallon and was meant for using as a secondary. That's how my kit was. You can use a 5 gallon carboy as a primary, just keep in mind that you may want to either brew a smaller batch or plan for some loss to blowoff. Definitely rig a blow off tube on it for the first week or so until fermentation slows down.